2024 Nanoose Bay/French Creek Reports
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Copper Moon
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This fellow does charters out of Schooner Cove. Looks like a comfortable boat and brings in fish
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salmonkiller01
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Fuel, maintenance , wages ….must be charged out at $225 and hour min. What are the guide rates for four hours?
Ryan A
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If someone wants to pay 900$ for a hour long boat ride total to Jed good on em. Anyways back to fishing reports. Good day out at the humps the other day, all deep on plugs, even got Hoes at 230’ on the rigger. Had to dodge the usual suspects going 90 degrees to everyone else. Why is it always 17-21ft aluminums ? Seems to get worse every year. Oh well keeps a guy on his toes.
Sea Chaser
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Gonna be over to the parksville area this upcoming Saturday -Saturday and bringing the boat . Any spots around there to try for ling cod ?
I know the humps are good for salmon but hoping to try for some ling . Willing to travel a bit if needed . Feel free to pm me if you want . Cheers
I know the humps are good for salmon but hoping to try for some ling . Willing to travel a bit if needed . Feel free to pm me if you want . Cheers
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Sea Chaser
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Went out for a couple hour afternoon fish yesterday. Can’t believe the amount of dog fish at all types of depths / speeds it didn’t matter . Got one hatch coho on a gold nugget herring aid .
What’s the lure of choice out here ? Gonna head out again tomorrow morning or maybe later today you never know.
What’s the lure of choice out here ? Gonna head out again tomorrow morning or maybe later today you never know.
Sea Chaser
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Was thinking of trying that . You fishing off the bottom with the plugs? Current rips pretty good out there and only have 15lb cannon balls. Will try though . Cheers
BcChrome
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Managed to scrape up 3 hatchery coho yesterday afternoon. Scraping the bottom at 200’ deep, 2 on the skinny G and 1 on a 5” 602 plug. Tried jigging on a school of fish at one point and nothing but dog fish had to troll fast at around 3.5-4mph. 1 just undersized spring that gets to live another day
salmonkiller01
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Went for morning fished Sat/Sun. Saturday 2 hatchery coho and lots of wild and small springs
Sunday 1 hatchery coho and 2 legal springs.
Coho at 113 on spoons and springs at 149 on hootchies. Definetly slower fishing right now but still lots of action.
Sunday 1 hatchery coho and 2 legal springs.
Coho at 113 on spoons and springs at 149 on hootchies. Definetly slower fishing right now but still lots of action.
Just before sundown, we fish in closer around 150 ft . lines down 120 - 125. 15lb cannon balls as well.
salmonkiller01
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Great fishing continues out of schooner cove. Went out at first light, 2 hatchery coho and a 78cm spring Non stop action between wild coho and small springs.
Went out again at 11 to try to get a lingcod. Had fresh salmon bellies for bait. Dogfish, dogfish, dogfish……….no lings
took my wife, daughter grandson and son in law out for a quick fish tonight. 4 hatch coho in about an hour. Crazy
All coho at 115 on small spoon, coho killer I think and spring at 189 on a 602 plug.
Went out again at 11 to try to get a lingcod. Had fresh salmon bellies for bait. Dogfish, dogfish, dogfish……….no lings
took my wife, daughter grandson and son in law out for a quick fish tonight. 4 hatch coho in about an hour. Crazy
All coho at 115 on small spoon, coho killer I think and spring at 189 on a 602 plug.
PEETZcanada
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Sea Chaser
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Got into a few fish yesterday . White hootchie was out fishing anything I threw down. Got a 73 on the white hootchie and got a 67 on a 6”plug. 1 hatch coho as well
Had to release a couple tanks too. Man some beautiful fish around . Back out again this morning will report back.
Had to release a couple tanks too. Man some beautiful fish around . Back out again this morning will report back.
Sea Chaser
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Got out for first light and got a tank of a 76cm weighing in at 18 pounds . Got another 68 shortly after and a couple coho in the mix . Long line release of a monster, who took some impressive runs . Got real lumpy and hard to fish and bite was off . 3 of 4 chinooks were whites last 2 days . White hootchie for the win
Sea Chaser
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Slow out there for me today . Went first light again and got a couple hatchy coho . Had one buzzer beater tanks hit the line . Popped the clip and took some crazy runs . Didn’t even get to see it but must of been too big to keep 
Creel surveyor said most people said it was slow but turned on around 10 am. Not for me . Tried for some ling as well. No dice . No birthday love so gonna drink some beer . May try one more time Friday before heading back to main land .
Creel surveyor said most people said it was slow but turned on around 10 am. Not for me . Tried for some ling as well. No dice . No birthday love so gonna drink some beer . May try one more time Friday before heading back to main land .
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